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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
1
The president presents his annual communication outlining key national issues before Congress. He emphasizes economic policy, foreign affairs, and domestic reforms awaiting legislative action and public scrutiny.
A speech to the Senate and House argues lower import duties would not cure monopoly evils. It praises labor unions and corporations, notes prosperity driven by laws and policies, and calls for balanced, practical regulation to curb harms while preserving industrial growth. It also contemplates constitutional amendments if needed.
A speech argues for national regulation of interstate corporations to curb misconduct, protect public welfare, and maintain economic stability. It rejects tariff-only cures, endorses reciprocity with Cuba, and calls for a strong navy, agriculture science, and Alaska and Indian policy reforms.
A fragment discusses unionism's merits and drawbacks and questions how to secure fair treatment for workers and business. It hints at balancing interests of labor and capital without presenting concrete actions or dates.
The speaker urges using existing machinery at The Hague and commends favorable consideration of the Hawaiian claims, which were carefully investigated during the last session.
July 4 marks the 126th anniversary of independence with peace and amnesty in the islands. Civil government is introduced, rights expanded, and self-government promoted, praised as a triumph of American policy and military and civil efforts.
Crystal Springs Mississippi reports a coroner jury implicating Y B Boyd in the poisoning death of his wife Susie Artman Boyd. Testimony describes blue poisoned medicine, a hole in an orange, and a sale of rough on rats to Boyd shortly before her death.
Paducah Ky Nov 30 The City of Savannah was floated off Cottonwood bar today and towed here by the Dick Clyde. It ran aground August 1 on its inaugural trip from Jeffersonville to Paducah for the St Louis and Tennessee River trade. The steamer is owned by the St Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company. No damage resulted.
Chicago observers report Southern Pacific to spend over 100000 in five months to colonize Southwestern Louisiana and Southern Texas. The decision followed a Harriman lines meeting held here last week, ending tonight, outlining intensified land settlement efforts.
New York and Brooklyn society notes reveal Florence Burns the former murder suspect wed Charles W. Wildrick last week in secrecy. Wildrick, son of late Lt Col Abram C Wildrick U S A, has his own troubled history including a bad check arrest at the Hotel Gerard and a companion Mabel Strong who died in Cleveland after being moved to St Luke's hospital.
Col Mosby special inspector from Washington arrives in Omaha to begin actions for removing illegal fences on government lands in Nebraska. He reports thousands of acres fenced by cattlemen and will 60 days to remove after serving notices in North Platte and Alliance following talks with U S District Attorney Summers.
The Kreuz Zeitung comments on Ambassador White's letter to Henry Seligman about Hebrews in Roumania. It suggests he should remove a beam from his own eye before judging others. It claims Roumanian Jews are better off than American Negroes, facing less contempt and no lynch law.
Sheriff Lawson oversaw a public sale of three enslaved individuals at the Lancaster Kentucky courthouse. The man Charles Anderson brought $7 with 12 months term, and women Belle Griffin and Emma Reed sold for $5 each with one and three years respectively, after circuit court orders.
Michael Shields, chief electrician at Armour's packing plant in South Omaha, was found dead Friday morning. He held live wires in his hands and显示 burns on his hands showed the electrical current. Insulation on the wires had been cut where he grasped them, and a pocket knife with copper particles lay nearby, implying it was used to scrape the wire.
Max Sukawatsky, an Austrian, fired on Mrs. Julia Gerber in East Seventy Fourth Street apartments, wounding her in the arm and shoulder. Believing he had killed her, he leaped from a window to the sidewalk seven stories below and died instantly.
St. Joseph, Missouri, November 29 Franklin Fanning aged 70 a leading civil engineer in the west died after a paralytic stroke at his home Friday He planned the Missouri Pacific railway route from Atchison to western Kansas and his death removes a prominent figure in midwestern rail work.
Isaac Van Brimer, a Mexican War veteran, died at his home near Gray Creek in Trinidad on Friday at age 108. The obituary notes his long life and service.
Grand Forks North Dakota November 29 William Ross who faces a December 5 hanging at Bottineau for killing Thomas Walsh near Willow City last summer has confessed to another murder.
The Minnesota supreme court, upholding Ramsey county probate court, ruled the inheritance tax law unconstitutional in a decision announced today.
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